The Legislature has found that untrained persons working or moving materials or equipment in proximity to high-voltage power lines are endangered in the absence of suitable precautions, and that the quality of electrical service is likewise endangered by the absence of such precautions.

It is the purpose and intent of this Part (rule) to reduce the risks to untrained persons working or moving materials or equipment in proximity to high-voltage power lines, and to help insure the quality of electrical service by requiring compliance by said persons with certain procedures that will insure reasonable protection to said persons and to the high-voltage power lines in proximity to work locations or where materials or equipment are moved.